Ethanol acid anhydride reaction with alcohol

The benzenedisulfonic acids are of little interest, except that benzene-1,3-disulfonic acid is a source of 1,3-dihydroxybenzene (see Chapter 4). The benzene dicarboxylic acids are more important. Benzene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid (phthalic acid, 8) can be converted into phthalic anhydride (9), which is a typical acid anhydride, reacting with amines and alcohols and also taking part in Friedel-Crafts reactions. Phthalimide (10), produced by reaction of the anhydride with ammonia, is weakly acidic and forms a potassium salt with ethanolic potassium hydroxide. 

URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE (10049-14-6) Violent reaction with water, steam, ethanol, producing hydrofluoric acid. Violent reaction with aromatic hydrocarbons, bromine trifluoride, Aqueous solution increases the explosive sensitivity of nitromethane and is incompatible with sulfuric acid, alkalis, alcohols, ammonia, aliphatic amines, alkanolamines, alkylene oxides, amides, epichlorohydrin, ethers, organic anhydrides, isocyanates, vinyl acetate. Attacks some plastics, rubber, and coatings. Aqueous solution attacks glass, ceramics, and silica-containing substances such as cast iron. 

Other derivatives can be prepared by reaction of the alcohol with an acid anhydride. For example, phthalic or 3-nitrophthalic anhydride (I mol) and the alcohol (Imol) are refluxed for half to one hour in a non-hydroxylic solvent, e.g. toluene or alcohol-free chloroform, and then cooled. The phthalate ester crystallises out, is precipitated by the addition of low boiling petroleum ether or is isolated by ev toration of the solvent. It is recrystallised from water, 50% aqueous ethanol, toluene or low boiling petroleum ether. Such an ester has a characteristic melting point and the alcohol can be recovered by acid or alkaline hydrolysis. 

As with inorganic solid catalysts, the most extensively studied system was acetic acid—ethanol [428,432,434,444—448]. Other alcohols used in kinetic studies were methanol [430,449,450], 2-propanol [438], 1-bu-tanol [429,431,433,451—458], allyl alcohol [459], 1-pentanol [434] and ethyleneglycol [460] besides acetic acid, the reactions of formic [450], propionic [443,461], salicylic [430,449], benzoic [453—457] and oleic acids [430,451—453] and of phthalic anhydride [462] have been reported. Investigation of a greater variety of reactants is reported in only one paper [463] six alcohols (C4, Cs and C8) and five acids (mainly dicarboxylic were studied. Transesterification kinetic studies were performed with ethyl formate [437,439,441], isobutyrate [437,439—441] acetate [402, 435—437,439—442], methoxyacetate [441] and acrylate [403,404,464, 465] the alcohols used were methanol [402,435,437,439—442,450],... 

A powerful oxidizer. Explosive reaction with acetaldehyde, acetic acid + heat, acetic anhydride + heat, benzaldehyde, benzene, benzylthylaniUne, butyraldehyde, 1,3-dimethylhexahydropyrimidone, diethyl ether, ethylacetate, isopropylacetate, methyl dioxane, pelargonic acid, pentyl acetate, phosphoms + heat, propionaldehyde, and other organic materials or solvents. Forms a friction- and heat-sensitive explosive mixture with potassium hexacyanoferrate. Ignites on contact with alcohols, acetic anhydride + tetrahydronaphthalene, acetone, butanol, chromium(II) sulfide, cyclohexanol, dimethyl formamide, ethanol, ethylene glycol, methanol, 2-propanol, pyridine. Violent reaction with acetic anhydride + 3-methylphenol (above 75°C), acetylene, bromine pentafluoride, glycerol, hexamethylphosphoramide, peroxyformic acid, selenium, sodium amide. Incandescent reaction with alkali metals (e.g., sodium, potassium), ammonia, arsenic, butyric acid (above 100°C), chlorine trifluoride, hydrogen sulfide + heat, sodium + heat, and sulfur. Incompatible with N,N-dimethylformamide. 

Reduction of ester functionalities with NaBH4 has furnished the corresponding alcohols. The 4- and 4,4 -substituted hydroxymethyl bipyridines have also been synthesized from halomethyl precursors, (23) and (26), respectively, by reaction with NaOAc followed by acetate hydrolysis.113 The 5,5 -dihydroxymethyl bipyridine ligand has been prepared (55%) by converting 5,5 -dimethyl bipyridine to the bis /V-oxide with hydrogen peroxide, followed by reaction with acetic anhydride in acetic acid,114 then hydrolysis with KCN in ethanol.115... 

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